Here in the midwest and in other parts of our country, we are suffering sub zero temperatures right now. \u00a0Well, I won’t say suffering exactly if you have a nice warm home and food to eat. \u00a0But, anyway, it’s darn cold. \u00a0I mean go outside for one minute to run back to check on eggs at the coop without a coat on and coming back almost frostbitten cold. \u00a0Why did I do that?<\/p>\n
I worry about our eggs freezing. \u00a0We have had a few freeze before we could get out to gather them. \u00a0Those we feed to the dogs. \u00a0Sometimes one hen will sit out there for an hour or two on three eggs and I will have to reach under her to get the eggs and she says a few bad clucks to me, but I am not leaving those eggs out there in this freezing weather.<\/p>\n
Our outside dogs are staying in my shop during this weather. \u00a0Normally, I don’t worry about them getting too cold because they have an insulated doghouse with several inches of cedar on the floor. \u00a0One winter when it got really cold I was worried that they were not warm enough in their doghouse so I crawled inside and they came in too and believe me, it got hot in there. \u00a0But with these temperatures and the wind that is blowing I just feel so much more comfortable knowing they are in my warm shop. \u00a0I don’t think Bonnie has left the recliner I have out there once except when we take her outside to go. \u00a0She’s getting old and her old bones are enjoying the comfort and warmth.<\/p>\n
We took the Christmas tree down today. \u00a0I decided to leave our decorations up for the twelve days of Christmas. \u00a0Did you know there were twelve days of Christmas? \u00a0You probably know the song and it has a Christian meaning. \u00a0My girly room looks kind of empty now without the tree, but I have a wonderful view outside and can see the birds eating at the bird feeder. Oh, be sure to put out some food for the birds right now as the snow has covered much of their natural food. \u00a0There were about thirty out there at once eating. \u00a0Several cardinals which brighten up the landscape. \u00a0I am so glad we have cardinals in the winter because everything else is grey and brown and white.<\/p>\n
As I told you my last blog I am working on Christmas gifts for 2014 already. \u00a0I have so many ideas in my head and cannot wait to try them all. \u00a0I have butterflies flittering around in my girly room right now and that is all I am going to say about that.<\/p>\n
David was coming home from work last week and the brakes went out on his truck. \u00a0Thankfully, he made it home okay. \u00a0He called AAA and a tow truck driver came out. \u00a0Our plan only paid to tow the truck for three miles and it was one-tenth of a mile over the limit to the repair shop. \u00a0But the truck driver was nice and said he would just put down three miles and didn’t charge us the extra. \u00a0There are good people in this world despite the fact the news tells us differently.<\/p>\n
David is lost without his truck and feels it is beneath him to drive the Pt Cruiser to work. \u00a0I don’t know why. \u00a0He drives it every place else. \u00a0Funny guy, my husband. \u00a0But he is my hero. \u00a0I opened the door to the basement this morning to go downstairs to get some canned goods and a freezing wind came up the stairs. \u00a0David went down and saw a window had blown open and broke the glass when the window struck the wall. \u00a0So he got some cardboard and taped it and sealed it so the wind couldn’t get in. \u00a0It will have to stay that way until Spring because we are not having a window out to repair during the winter. \u00a0I wonder sometimes what I would do without him. \u00a0A somber thought. \u00a0I guess I could have repaired the window myself, but it is nice to have a man around to do those kind of things.<\/p>\n
How is your new year coming? \u00a0I have friends who have already lost loved ones so it isn’t so nice for them right now. \u00a0Hope it will get better for them as the year progresses. \u00a0We never know what each year will bring. \u00a0Joy, sorrow. new jobs, travel, getting new family members, losing others. \u00a0It’s all part of life. \u00a0Have to take the good with the bad which is why when things are good we should rejoice in that and savor every minute. \u00a0May you all be blessed this year. \u00a0 Keep warm. \u00a0Bye.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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